1309
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Anamana@feddit.de 52 points 1 year ago
[-] Humanius@lemmy.world 175 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It really boils down to a few reasons:

  • I don't like ads, and I prefer not to see them
  • Running a platform like YouTube is not cheap, and I understand that Google needs money to keep things running.
  • The revenue of Premium is split between YouTube and the creators, much like ad revenue is. So it also supports the channels that I follow.
[-] SmallAlmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 83 points 1 year ago

You pay and you're still the product, they continue with all the tracking they do.

[-] Humanius@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That hasn't stopped me from using other Google services like Gmail, Docs, or Drive either.

If I ever decide I want to opt out of Google's ecosystem I'll just serve them a GDPR data deletion request.
That's what I did when I deleted my Twitter account as well.

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I didn't know the channels get some of the revenue. Do you get to influence who the money goes to? Like a twitch prime sub?

[-] Wxfisch@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

It replaces the ad revenue the channel would otherwise have gotten from your view, at a higher rate than an ad impression.

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago
[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Basically a percentage of your premium is divvied out based on watch time. When I signed up it was half of my payment went to creators, I don't know the current split though

[-] Humanius@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not entirely certain, but as far as I'm aware it is divided based on watch-time.

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On your watch-time? I mean then it's cool, cause you don't even have to do anything. On the other hand I would probably have to log out to watch content I don't want to support financially.

[-] ipipip@iusearchlinux.fyi 47 points 1 year ago

For me its solely because of a ad free experience on my TV, since its the primary device I’m using it on. And i got it relatively cheap from turkey so it's not that big of a deal. I might reevaluate if the price increases though.

[-] bloodninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If you have an android tv device check this out. YouTube without the ads. Use it on my Amazon sticks. https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTubeNext

[-] ipipip@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

I’ll take a look at it, thanks!

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the info. I played around with my parents old TV and managed to get it adfree with blockada and another YouTube app. But it's definitely a pain to set up and many people probably prefer the official app.

[-] Iridium@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

It’s not bad if you max out the family subscription (5 members) and use YouTube music.

Still, I’m a hypocrite because I absolutely hate their habit of hiding features behind the paywall, and making ads more obnoxious to irritate users into paying for premium.

[-] ToastyBanana@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Ya'll should just VPN to Argentina and get the sub for cheap, it's a few bucks per month compared to the obnoxious 13.99.

I pay around 2€ for mine per month plus the VPN fees, it's a no-brainer

[-] LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Just sign in via a turkey tunnel and sign up from there?

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Ah ok, certainly makes sense for ur usecase. I didn't meet anyone who was YouTube music yet. Does it have high quality audio or is it just YouTube quality?

[-] Iridium@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It has 256kbps AAC, which is the same as Spotify (in the web browser anyway - I think the Spotify apps do 320kbps)

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

That's enough for most people I guess

[-] Bonzo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I dont like ads on my iPhone.

[-] radix@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure how well it works on YouTube since YouTube ads might not come from third parties, but I set dns.adguard-dns.com as my DNS provider, and now Flow Free and other games don't have ads.

[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Because I use YouTube more than every streaming app and my Plex server combined. And the creators I watch get money and I don't have to see ads

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago
[-] 4am@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

As blockers don’t work on Google TV

[-] Relo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I got premium because I have ADHS and need to listen to something when I want to sleep or do chores. With premium I can turn my phone screen off of let it run in the background.

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dunno if you have iOS or Android, but on Android you can also just use Newpipe :)

[-] _finger_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use it so much for work that I just can’t rely on a typical ad blocker and I can’t justify not paying for it at this point.

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Haha fair, I mean it's cool that people pay for it. I was just curious what the reasons were, because I never thought about it.

this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2023
1309 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

59517 readers
2765 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS